Razor blade dispensing package



8, 1950 A. s. SCHNEIDER 2,518,079

RAZOR BLADE DESPENSING PACKAGE Filed Aug. 9, 1948 flmwpm' JJMM/AM INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 8, 1 950 Alexander S. Schneider, Leominster, Mass, as-

signor to F. J. Kirk Molding Company, Inc., Clinton, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts I Application'August =9, 194s, Serial'No. 43,235

This invention relates to new and improved razor blade dispensingpackages and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a small razor blade -dispensing-package from which blades; particularly of the safety razor type, maybe ejected easily-and quickly and with no danger of cutting the fingers of the user while, at the same "time, the package itself provides a small but eiiicient' holder for the blades and maintains them with their edges'completely cov-- ered and out of contact with any part of the package, so'that the packagecannot be damagednor can the razor blade edges be dulled by contact therewith. I 1

' Another object of. theinvention resides in the provision of a molded plastic razor blade dispensing package comprising in general an open framework of rectangular-form having along the two parallel longer sides thereof raised inwardly directed guiding means adapted to overlie a: stack of bladesQsaid frameworkhaving connected between the shorter ends thereof a plurality of longitudinal'struts most of which are'arranged'so as to prevent flexing thereof in a direction-transverse to the general plane of the razor blades to be housed in the package, but there being a central strut which is arranged therein for easy flexing', and to this end said strut is resilient so that it is-easily fleXed-by'the fingers of the operator,

said resilient strut being-centrally located and r having thereon centrally thereof a protuberance shaped according to the opening in the razor blades to hold the same positively against exit from the package, except whensaidprotuberance is touched by a finger or thumb ofthe user and depressed against the resilient action of the flex ible'strut, whereupon said protuberance is depressedfrom a position holding the topmost razor blade of the stick and thesam'e may be easily ejected merely by a sliding motion of the thumb relative to the fingers holding the package.

- Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to behad to drawings in which: s Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a razor blade dispensin package according'j to the present invention;

- -Fig. 2 isa top plan view'thereof; i

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the central resilient strut; and

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation thereof. The present invention comprises a framework consisting of front end It), rear end l2, and side walls l4 and IS. The front wall I0 is parallel to the accompanying 1110 Claims. (=01. 206-16) the rear wall I 2 and the walls l4 and i6 areparal lel to each other but the front wall It is not as high as rear wall l2.

Each of the side walls [4 and I6 is cut away at the forward end thereof adjacent wall' H1, 'as clearly shown at .18 and 20. From the top edges of side walls M and I6 there extends inwardly from each of them a short top cover or wall por-' tion Hand 24, respectively, each of these extending inwardly only for a short distance and terminatingin a downwardly extending bead indicated l2, there are provided a series of struts certain of which, such as those indicated at 28, are relatively deep as compared with their thickness so that they resist bending in a vertical direction. There is a center strut 30 similar in dimensions to those at 28 but arranged at a right angle thereto with the result that strut 30 may flex up and down and is resilient. The top surface ofstrut 30*is even with and coplanar with the top edge of front wall Ill and the same is true of the top surfaces or edges of struts 28 so that the three struts together present a floor which is coplanar and which supports a stack of razor blades.

On strut 30 there is arranged a protuberance extending upwardly and generally indicated at 32. In the particular case shown, this protuberance is illustrated as a diamond-shapedelement but it is to be recognized that the invention 'contemplates any shape at all for this particular member, which is desired for the particular razor blade to be held; and the shape of the protuberance may, of course, be rectangular, oval, circular', etc., or any other shape desired, to fit the blades being held.

In the operation of the device, a stack of razor blades say for instance ten or twenty, depending upon the vertical height of the holder, are arranged to rest on the floor formed by the struts 28 and. 30, with protuberance 32 extending throughthe central apertures of the razor blades so that the protuberance holds the blades against escape or exit Of course, the rear'w'all I2 prevents escapeinthis direction in any case andthe blades will have to be projected over the front wall ID at the cutout portions 58 and 20in order to be extracted from the holder. 7

The device itself may be held in'th'e'fingersof one hand with the thumb resting lightly on the protuberance and when it is desired to eject the blade, the thumb is slightly depressed so as to relieve the top of the protuberance from the topmost blade of the package, whereupon the sliding motion of the thumb will remove the topmost blade and that one only.

It is to be noted that the strut 39 does not hold the blades in the holder by its own resilience, because tension is imparted to strut 30 only when it is depressed by the user in extracting a blade. Rather, the blades are held mechanically by interlocking of the protuberance 32 with the apertures in the blades.

The top surface of the protuberance 32 is preferably dome-shaped as clearly indicated at 32 in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the edges of the apertures of the blades are slid thereover easily.

Instead of making the flat strut 39 resilient, or depending upon its resilience to release the blades, it may be detached or disengaged from one of its connecting walls in or 12, the latter being shown at 36 in dotted lines. In this case, the strut is swung down about the juncture thereof with the wall to which it is joined to release the blades.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being flexible in a direction normal to the floor to be depressed below the latter, and a razor blade holding protuberance on the flexible strut.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said protuberance has a top convex surface.

3. A razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being flexible in a direction normal to the floor to be depressible below the latter, a razor blade hold- .ing element on the flexible strut, said element extending through apertures in the blades.

4. A razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being flexible in a direction normal to the floor to be depressible below the latter, a razor blade holding element on the flexible strut, said frame having side walls parallel to the struts, and an inwardly directed member on each side wall overlying the edge of the blades in the package, said side walls and members terminating short of the front wall.

5. A razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being flexible in a direction normal to the floor to be depressible below the latter, a razor blade holding enlargement onthe flexible strut, said frame having. side walls parallel to the struts, and an inwardly directed member on each side wall overlying the edge of the blades in the package, said side walls and members terminating short of the front wall, said front wall being of less height than the remaining walls.

6. A razor blade dispensing package comprising a substantially rectangular open frame, a plurality of struts arranged longitudinally thereof, certain of said struts being substantially nonresilient in a direction normal to the plane of the package, one of said struts being resilient in said direction, a blade holding protuberance on saidresilient strut, and means on the longitudinal members of the package frame overlying the blades resting on the struts, the protuberance holding the blades by the apertures thereof.

7. A razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being depressible in a direction normal to the floor to be depressed below the latter, and a razor blade holding element on the depressible strut.

8. A safety razor blade dispensing package comprising an'open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end toend of the frame and forming together a door for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being swingable in a-direction normal to the floor to be depressible below the latter, a razor blade holding enlargement onthe swingable strut, said frame having side walls parallel to the struts, and, an inwardly directed member on each side walloverlying the edge of the blades in the package.

9. A safety razor blade dispensing package comprising an open rectangular frame, spaced longitudinal struts extending from end to end of the frame and forming together a substantially rigid floor for supporting a stack of blades, one of said struts being depressible in a direction normal to the floorto be depressible below the latter, a. razor blade holding enlargement on the depressible strut, said frame having side walls parallel to the struts, and an inwardly directed member on. each side wall overlying the edge of the blades in the package, said side walls and members terminating-short of the front wall, said front wall being of less height than the remaining walls, and said enlargement holding. the blades by the apertures thereof.

10. A razor blade dispensing package comprising a substantially rectangular open frame, a plurality of strutsarranged longitudinally thereof, certain of said strutsbeing substantially nonresilient in a direction normal to the plane of the package, one of said struts being swingable in said direction, a blade holding protuberanceon said last named strut, andmea-ns on the longitudinal members of the package frame overlying, the blades resting on the struts, the protuberance holding the blades by the apertures thereof.

ALEXANDER S. SCHNEIDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of' record inthe file of this patent:

UNITED STATES" PATENT Steinbach Oct. 29, 1946 

